Heaton v. Jackson

This action is an appeal from the court of common pleas of Knox county. The appellants, W. D. Heaton and others, seek to restrain the county board of education from further proceeding in its action in transferring about 800 acres of territory from the Union township school district to the Brink Haven village school district, and to enjoin the county auditor from making the necessary tax changes and collections pursuant to such transfer.

Six of the plaintiffs bring this action as residents and taxpayers of the territory sought to be transferred ; the remaining plaintiffs, five in number, are…